I'm always on the lookout for fun things to do with little ones, especially when the weather is grim. Lucky for me, downtown Edmonds is just a short drive away. Parking is plentiful, and there are activities for every price point and age level. Here are some of my favorites:

Nama's Candy Store on 5th Avenue is an old time candy store that smells good as soon as you open the door. They sell bags of taffy for as little as a dollar, plus they have old fashioned candy sticks for ten cents each. So no matter what your allowance, there is fun to be had.

Also on 5th Avenue is Baicha Tearoom. Four dollars will get you a huge pot of tea to share with your whole family. Another four dollars will buy my daughter's favorite lunch of all time: a sandwich, grapes, and her own personal pot of hot chocolate.

If you are in the mood for a healthy treat, try out Revelations Yogurt on Main Street. My kids love Revelations because they get to taste all of the different frozen yogurts available, and then serve themselves. There is also an extensive topping bar full of candy and fresh fruit. You pay by the ounce at Revelations, and the prices are comparable with Dairy Queen.

Down the street from Revelations Yogurt is Teri's Toybox, an Edmonds icon. You won't find any junky toys in Teri's Toybox, just classic toys and cool things from Europe. But FYI! Don't take kids into Teri's Toybox unless they each have ten dollars to spend. Otherwise you're setting yourself up for drama.

Glazed & Amazed is also on Main Street, and is a really fun place to go with kids of all ages. It's a paint-your-own-pottery store that also offers the opportunity to do fused glass. My kids know that a trip to Glazed & Amazed is a really big treat because it costs about fifteen to twenty dollars a kid. (There are less expensive options to paint, but the piggy banks are hard to say no to.) Another fun thing about Glazed & Amazed is keeping an eye out for the store cat.

If there is a particular place on this list that you really want to see, be sure to check the store hours before you visit. At the time of this blog post, Nama's Candy Store is closed on Mondays and Baicha Tearoom is closed on Sundays. Revelations Yogurt usually isn't open until noon on most weekdays in the winter.

But guess what's open every day of the week? Brackett's Landing. This is one of my favorite Puget Sound beaches and it is right by the Edmonds ferry dock. Even when it is pouring down rain, it is fun to park the car and watch the ferry come and go. If you're lucky, you might even see a train go by. Whoo hoo!

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